2009 Cork City Council election

Part of the 2009 Irish local elections

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2009 Cork City Council election

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All 31 seats on Cork City Council
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Party  | Fine Gael | Labour | Fianna Fáil
Seats won  | 8  | 7  | 6
Seat change  | 0  | +1  | -5

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Sinn Féin | Socialist Party | Workers' Party
Seats won  | 4  | 1  | 1
Seat change  | +2  | 0  | +1

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| Seventh party  | Eighth party  | Ninth party
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Party  | Independent | Green | Progressive Democrats
Seats won  | 4  | 0  | 0
Seat change  | +3  | -1  | -1

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Map showing the area of Cork City Council

An election to Cork City Council took place on 5 June 2009 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 31 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). [1]

## Results by party

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Party  | Seats  | ±  | First Pref. votes  | FPv%  | ±%

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| Fine Gael | 8  | 0  | 11,885 | 25.42 |
| Labour | 7  | +1  | 8,693  | 18.59  |
| Fianna Fáil | 6  | -5  | 9,536  | 20.39  |
| Sinn Féin | 4  | +2  | 5,057  | 10.82  |
| Socialist Party | 1  | 0  | 2,391  | 5.11  |
| Workers' Party | 1  | +1  | 1,158  | 2.48  |
| Independent | 4  | +3  | 6,502  | 13.91  |
| Green | 0  | -1  | 1,537  | 3.29  |
| Progressive Democrats | 0  | -1  | N/A | N/A |
Totals | 31 | 0  | 46,759  | 100.00 | —

## Results by local electoral area

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### Cork North-Central

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Cork North-Central - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Socialist Party | Mick Barry*  | 26.45  | 2,096 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Catherine Clancy*  | 13.59  | 1,077  | 1,233  | 1,262  | 1,300  | 1,339 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Ken O'Flynn*  | 10.65  | 844  | 871  | 873  | 883  | 892  | 893  | 910  | 934  | 1,276
| Fine Gael | Patricia Gosch*  | 10.39  | 823  | 892  | 905  | 1,031  | 1,059  | 1,062  | 1,153  | 1,241  | 1,348
| Fianna Fáil | Damian Wallace*  | 8.66  | 686  | 708  | 711  | 718  | 731  | 732  | 747  | 775  |
| Sinn Féin | Thomas Gould | 7.80  | 618  | 740  | 743  | 770  | 807  | 807  | 942  | 1,078  | 1,136
| Labour | Paddy Brown  | 5.81  | 460  | 564  | 576  | 597  | 624  | 632  | 693  | 818  | 884
| Independent | Jim Cronin  | 4.95  | 392  | 466  | 469  | 478  | 539  | 540  | 627  |  |
| Workers' Party | Jackie Connolly  | 4.43  | 351  | 478  | 487  | 494  | 532  | 536  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Joe Kavanagh  | 3.24  | 257  | 277  | 280  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Annette Spillane*  | 2.93  | 232  | 273  | 281  | 294  |  |  |  |  |
| Green | Ian Gallagher  | 1.10  | 87  | 100  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 14,317  Valid: 7,923 (55.34%)  Spoilt: 194  Quota: 1,321  Turnout: 8,117 (56.69%)

### Cork North-East

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Cork North-East - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Labour | John Kelleher*  | 18.70  | 1,024  | 1,091  | 1,165 |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Tim Brosnan*  | 18.61  | 1,019  | 1,034  | 1,079  | 1,084  | 1,152 |
| Fine Gael | Dara Murphy*  | 18.47  | 1,011  | 1,035  | 1,102 |  |  |
| Independent | David Whyte  | 9.88  | 541  | 565  | 611  | 618  | 703  | 815
| Workers' Party | Ted Tynan | 8.93  | 489  | 576  | 601  | 615  | 698  | 938
| Sinn Féin | Pat Coughlan  | 7.78  | 426  | 464  | 476  | 481  | 526  |
| Fine Gael | Derek Connolly  | 6.83  | 374  | 383  | 393  | 410  |  |
| Green | Ken Walsh  | 5.41  | 296  | 310  |  |  |  |
| Socialist Party | Dave Keating  | 5.39  | 295  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,431  Valid: 5,475 (52.49%)  Spoilt: 82  Quota: 1,096  Turnout: 5,557 (53.27%)

### Cork North-West

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Cork North-West - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Independent | Dave McCarthy*  | 23.36  | 1,419 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sinn Féin | Jonathan O'Brien*  | 21.71  | 1,319 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Michael O'Connell*  | 15.29  | 929  | 988  | 1,012  | 1,130  | 1,716  | 1,280 |
| Fine Gael | Joe O'Callaghan*  | 13.25  | 805  | 839  | 856  | 906  | 936  | 1,013  | 1,050
| Fianna Fáil | Tony Fitzgerald*  | 12.10  | 735  | 778  | 783  | 830  | 846  | 1,071  | 1,098
| Fianna Fáil | John Sheehan  | 8.00  | 436  | 507  | 511  | 539  | 550  |  |
| Workers' Party | Mick Crowley  | 5.23  | 318  | 357  | 364  |  |  |  |
| Green | Nicholas McMurray  | 1.05  | 64  | 71  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,964  Valid: 6,075 (55.41%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 1,216  Turnout: 6,193 (56.48%)

### Cork South-Central

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Cork South-Central - 5 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Labour | Lorraine Kingston*  | 25.48  | 1,778 |  |  |  |
| Independent | Mick Finn | 13.23  | 923  | 1,029  | 1,050  | 1,140  | 1,230
| Fine Gael | Emmet O'Halloran | 11.44  | 798  | 904  | 914  | 1,164 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Martin*  | 833  | 790  | 837  | 879  | 1,235 |
| Sinn Féin | Fiona Kerins*  | 11.06  | 772  | 887  | 910  | 979  | 1,038
| Fianna Fáil | Tom O'Driscoll*  | 9.13  | 637  | 682  | 696  | 726  |
| Independent | Paudie Dineen  | 9.01  | 629  | 702  | 730  | 806  | 900
| Fine Gael | Billy MacGill  | 4.16  | 290  | 352  | 357  |  |
| Green | Mary Ryder  | 3.54  | 247  | 296  | 302  |  |
| Independent | Tom McIntyre  | 1.63  | 114  | 129  |  |  |
Electorate: 12,858  Valid: 6,978 (54.27%)  Spoilt: 164  Quota: 1,164  Turnout: 7,142 (55.55%)

### Cork South-East

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Cork South-East - 7 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Fine Gael | Des Cahill | 15.45  | 1,776 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fine Gael | Laura McGonigle*  | 14.58  | 1,675 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Denis O'Flynn*  | 13.24  | 1,522 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Shannon*  | 10.57  | 1,215  | 1,236  | 1,255  | 1,263  | 1,388  | 1,867 |
| Independent | Chris O'Leary*  | 10.24  | 1,177  | 1,205  | 1,232  | 1,252  | 1,374  | 1,433  | 1,459
| Independent | Kieran McCarthy | 9.35  | 1,075  | 1,117  | 1,160  | 1,173  | 1,313  | 1,380  | 1,483
| Fine Gael | Jim Corr*  | 7.23  | 831  | 999  | 1,112  | 1,131  | 1,228  | 1,319  | 1,384
| Sinn Féin | Ken Ahern  | 7.17  | 824  | 838  | 847  | 858  | 907  | 930  | 957
| Fianna Fáil | Donal Counihan*  | 6.34  | 729  | 748  | 755  | 758  | 853  |  |
| Green | Stephen Crowley  | 3.14  | 361  | 395  | 408  | 417  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Deirdre Foley  | 2.67  | 307  | 320  | 327  | 329  |  |  |
Electorate: 19,409  Valid: 11,492 (59.21%)  Spoilt: 140  Quota: 1,437  Turnout: 11,632 (59.93%)

### Cork South-West

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Cork South-West - 6 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Fine Gael | John Buttimer*  | 23.35  | 2,070 |  |  |  |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Shields*  | 13.49  | 1,196  | 1,283 |  |  |
| Labour | Michael Ahern*  | 12.63  | 1,120  | 1,204  | 1,304 |  |
| Sinn Féin | Henry Cremin | 12.38  | 1,098  | 1,125  | 1,164  | 1,208  | 1,220
| Fianna Fáil | Fergal Dennehy*  | 10.62  | 942  | 981  | 1,027  | 1,085  | 1,095
| Labour | Ger Gibbons*  | 8.83  | 783  | 871  | 957  | 1,131  | 1,180
| Fine Gael | Barry Keane  | 6.77  | 600  | 754  | 814  |  |
| Fine Gael | Brian Bermingham*  | 6.49  | 575  | 867  | 957  | 1,338 |
| Green | Mick Murphy  | 5.44  | 482  | 514  |  |  |
Electorate: 14,907  Valid: 8,866 (59.48%)  Spoilt: 153  Quota: 1,267  Turnout: 8,993 (60.33%)

## External links

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* http://www.corkcity.ie/

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